Ploughing championships attracts its biggest ever crowdPapal Nuncio describes the event as ‘absolutely terrific’Wed Sept 24 2014 - 19:27
Beef prices, farm safety top Ploughing Championships agendaMinister for Agriculture and Tánaiste among the 87,000 expected in Ratheniska todayWed Sept 24 2014 - 16:28
Day one at the Ploughing: curried crickets and blinged-up welliesPresident Michael D Higgins says his poetry is dominated by farming memoriesWed Sept 24 2014 - 09:51
Plan to stop theft of farm machinery unveiled by GardaMore than €1.7 million worth of farm property stolen in the past yearWed Sept 24 2014 - 08:26
President’s concern over suicide in farming communitySurvey finds more than half of all farmers have been directly affected by suicideTue Sept 23 2014 - 22:13
Garda Commissioner says rise in murders not related to organised crimeNoirín O’Sullivan would not comment on the leaked Garda inspectorate reportTue Sept 23 2014 - 19:18
Ploughing ‘a most beloved rendezvous’, says Higgins80,000 expected to attend opening day of National Ploughing ChampionshipsTue Sept 23 2014 - 14:21
More than 200,000 ‘going to the Ploughing’ for 83rd eventVisitors last year spent almost €36.5 million during three-day championshipsTue Sept 23 2014 - 07:57
More than 200,000 expected to attend ploughing championshipDry weather predicted for three-day event at Ratheniska in LaoisMon Sept 22 2014 - 01:00
Tractor on which Charlie Keegan won World Ploughing Championships in 1964 restoredThe green Deutz D40Ltractor, restored by grandson Michael, will take centre stage at Ploughing ChampionshipsMon Sept 22 2014 - 01:00
People’s Climate Picnic marks global day of action and sends message to TaoiseachCoastal clean-up among events held around Ireland on world day of environmental actionMon Sept 22 2014 - 01:00
Bord Bia researchers sleep on floors in Vietnam to help sell Irish food abroadResearch helping to understand how consumers think in other countriesMon Sept 22 2014 - 01:00
More than 600 attend People’s Climate Picnic in DublinProtest rallies in 161 countries aim to focus world’s eyes on climate changeSun Sept 21 2014 - 16:16
Organic egg producers crying fowl on EU regulationsConsumers did not know organic automatically meant free rangeFri Sept 19 2014 - 01:00
Food industry must consolidate and exploit aquaculture potentialSenior food business figures told that Ireland is not known for its food brandsFri Sept 19 2014 - 01:00
Model attracts ire for encouraging people to ‘ditch the dairy’Rosanna Davison wrote column urging public to cut back on dairy and meatThu Sept 18 2014 - 20:37
Two out of three farms need off-farm income to surviveRecession wiped out 15 years of off-farm employment growth, conference toldThu Sept 18 2014 - 01:00
Drinking milk related to reduced blood pressureLower risk of ill-health for people with high dairy intake, conference hearsTue Sept 16 2014 - 21:00
EU handling of Russian ban defended by commissionerMEPs say farmers should not have to pay the price for political crisisTue Sept 16 2014 - 01:02
‘It’s a man and his dog, doing the same as someone would have done 100 years ago’Visitors flock to international sheepdog trials in RoscommonSat Sept 13 2014 - 01:00
Warning on carbon emissions from agricultureFood prices rises inevitable because of global demand, conference toldFri Sept 12 2014 - 19:54
Social farming could save health services money, conference hearsHSE studying review of pilot projectThu Sept 11 2014 - 01:00
Laois gets ready for ploughs and the starsChampions and edible insects just some of the attractions promised for ploughing eventThu Sept 11 2014 - 01:00
Farming groups welcome Hogan’s appointmentNew agriculture commissioner faces immediate challenge in Russian food banWed Sept 10 2014 - 15:47
Stoats leaving countryside for the bright city lightsGalway research project gets ‘phenomenal response’ from publicTue Sept 09 2014 - 01:00
Alert issued amid fears of frozen berry contaminationFood Safety Authority of Ireland advise public to boil all imported frozen berriesMon Sept 08 2014 - 15:32
Irish ploughmen come out on top in world championshipsEamonn Tracey and John Whelan take gold and bronze at world event in FranceMon Sept 08 2014 - 01:02
Farmers’ market rejects ‘extravagant and unsuitable’ plan for EnnisClare County Council ‘absolutely committed’ to €1.75m upgrade to ‘revitalise’ area in spite of criticisms from traders and local residentsMon Sept 08 2014 - 01:00
Social farming pilot project reveals benefits for farmers and usersManager says scheme could help thousands of people with intellectual disabilitiesMon Sept 08 2014 - 01:00
Conference hears 20,000 farmers have some form of disabilityFalls from trampolines have caused serious injury to ‘dozens’ of US farmersFri Sept 05 2014 - 01:00
Friday the worst day for farm deathsFarm fatality pattern mirrors road crashesFri Sept 05 2014 - 01:00
Farm group urges Minister to stay in talks to end beef crisisIFA members hold protest outside Lidl in CastlereaThu Sept 04 2014 - 21:44
Women still do most of the cooking while it’s a fun activity for men, study findsSafefood says some men lack planning and organising skills for food shoppingThu Sept 04 2014 - 01:02
House hunters an object of wonder as they queue for estate launch‘There are 600 people for 30-something houses here. If you don’t queue, you won’t get’Thu Sept 04 2014 - 01:00
‘We’re not lovin’ it’, beef farmers say at McDonald’s protestIFA demonstrates outside Kilkenny restaurant about recent fall in meat pricesWed Sept 03 2014 - 18:41
Beef farmers paid €9m less than in UK, says ICMSAMinister for Agriculture speaks to meat producers to discuss concernsWed Sept 03 2014 - 01:00
Mayo dairy farmer wins Young Farmer of the Year awardMore than 200 people nominated for awardWed Sept 03 2014 - 01:00
Vietnam opens its market to Irish pigmeatSix processors accredited by Vietnamese authorities to provide fresh and frozen produceTue Sept 02 2014 - 13:58
Medical professionals seek ban on sugary drink advertsRCPI anti-obesity group says Coca Cola label campaign wrongly targets childrenMon Sept 01 2014 - 08:03
Concern over shellfish safety controlsAudit finds ‘significant’ number of recommendations yet to be addressedMon Sept 01 2014 - 01:00
Touchdown for American Football fans in Dublin20,000 visitors in Dublin for the game between UCF and Penn StateSat Aug 30 2014 - 01:00
Wellies and sunscreen advised for Electric PicnicSunday will have the best weather of the weekend with a top of 20 degreesFri Aug 29 2014 - 11:38
‘Breakfast roll man is back, big time’ in CavanRural Renewal: trade is starting to look up again in VirginiaFri Aug 29 2014 - 01:00
Minister meets IFA over beef crisisCoveney urges factories to be more flexibleThu Aug 28 2014 - 01:01
New bid to find the remains of 'Disappeared' victim Brendan MegrawSurvey will cover more than five acres and will take a weekThu Aug 28 2014 - 01:00
Food safety head calls for an end to irrational fears over GM technologyProf Alan Reilly says no one has died from eating GM foodThu Aug 28 2014 - 01:00
Poet Desmond O’Grady dies, aged 78President Michael D Higgins leads tributes to Limerick-born Aosdána memberMon Aug 25 2014 - 21:51
Tourism VAT cut created '21,600 hospitality jobs'Report claims exchequer made €433m in social welfare savings from rateMon Aug 25 2014 - 10:31
Waterford Crystal workers on ‘Walk for Justice’ over pensionsFive years since factory closedMon Aug 25 2014 - 09:53
More children arriving in school hungry, survey findsTeachers bringing food to school for children who are regularly hungryMon Aug 25 2014 - 01:00
